A Standard Protocol for Liana Censuses 1

@article{Gerwing2006ASP,
  title={A Standard Protocol for Liana Censuses 1},
  author={Jeffrey J. Gerwing and Stefan A. Schnitzer and Robyn Jeanette Burnham and Frans Bongers and J{\'e}r{\^o}me Chave and Saara J. DeWalt and Corneille E N Ewango and Robin B. Foster and David Kenfack and Miguel Mart{\'i}nez‐Ramos and Marc P. E. Parren and Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy and Diego Rafael P{\'e}rez-Salicrup and Francis E. Putz and Duncan W. Thomas},
  journal={Biotropica},
  year={2006},
  volume={38}
}
A recent increase in published studies of lianas has been paralleled by a proliferation of protocols for censusing lianas. This article seeks to increase uniformity in liana inventories by providing specific recommendations for the determination of which taxa to include, the location of diameter measurement points on individual stems, the setting of minimum stem diameter cutoffs, the treatment of multiple‐stemmed and rooted clonal groups, and the measurement of noncylindrical stems. Use of more… 
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